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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honore de Balzac: observing him attentively, "you are as much a porter as I'm . . ."
Laurent chinked some pieces of gold before the functionary, who began
to smile.
"Come, here's the name of your quarry," he said, taking from his
leather wallet a letter bearing a London stamp, upon which the
address, "To Mademoiselle Paquita Valdes, Rue Saint Lazare, Hotel San-
Real, Paris," was written in long, fine characters, which spoke of a
woman's hand.
"Could you tap a bottle of Chablis, with a few dozen oysters, and a
/filet saute/ with mushrooms to follow it?" said Laurent, who wished
to win the postman's valuable friendship.
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